Airplanes are becoming far too complex to fly. Pilots are no longer needed, but rather computer scientists from MIT. I see it all the time in many products. Always seeking to go one unnecessary step further, when often old and simpler is far better. Split second decisions are....

....needed, and the complexity creates danger. All of this for great cost yet very little gain. I don’t know about you, but I don’t want Albert Einstein to be my pilot. I want great flying professionals that are allowed to easily and quickly take control of a plane!

Maybe you could say the same about cars. Okay, the more modern, the better but they cost an arm and a leg to fix. So, that is a bit subjective to say.

Except even with a few of the recent tragedies (which cause hasn't been identified so we have no clue if it is 'complexity'), statistics continue to show that air travel and aircraft are getting safer and less dangerous. That technology he complains about, is what is making it safer...

..but don't let that get in the way of getting people scared and fired up over something that has virtually zero probability of impacting them.

Sounds like he is raging against the machine.All facets of life are becoming more automated, flying is definitely no exception.I think he is realizing, if he hadn't already, that there will be a price to pay for progress.Humans will not be require to fulfill task, suck as flying, driving, etc...Humans (specifically, Americans) need not apply for these jobs.

Some years ago The Mythbusters did an episode on landing jet airliners. First, without any previous flying experience for any of them, both Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, using a simulator, successfully landed a jet airliner thanks to the plane's advanced computer guidance system.Next, they tried to land one without the computer guidance system. They both crashed.Statistics prove that traveling by commercial airliners is far safer than it was even twenty years ago.Worldwide, and especially in the U.S., deaths from airliner crashes have become extremely rare.However, in the U.S. alone about 400-500 people die annually in small plane crashes. So if your friend the doctor asks if you want to go on a trip with him the pilot in his small plane, maybe you should think twice about it. Great professionals don't necessarily make great airplane pilots.

I don't know why he feels it necessary to comment in cases like this. Such a comment would be totally unremarkable and ordinary were he the average guy in a lunchroom but in his position they only provide grist for the usual suspects, at the very least.

I don't know why he feels it necessary to comment in cases like this. Such a comment would be totally unremarkable and ordinary were he the average guy in a lunchroom but in his position they only provide grist for the usual suspects, at the very least.

The President, who has repeatedly expressed his exasperation at his aging aircraft, wanted to meet face-to-face with Muilenburg to reach the deal, two officials said. It was seen as rather unusual for the President to be directly involved in negotiations.

The President repeatedly asked in the meeting how soon the plane could be ready, two officials said, and was fixated on a time frame of at least 2021. It remains an open question whether the Air Force can complete its testing and modifications by then. It wasn't scheduled to be ready until at least 2024.

The self-educated and brilliant Ancients, were reflective listeners and observers.In contrast, we dim-bulb Moderns are relentless yappers, always in motion.Trump's tweets are an increasingly loud cry that he's needy of ATTENTION!!!!!

I don't know why he feels it necessary to comment in cases like this. Such a comment would be totally unremarkable and ordinary were he the average guy in a lunchroom but in his position they only provide grist for the usual suspects, at the very least.

There is the rub. He doesn't have to comment. There is absolutely zero reason to do so and a million not to comment.